HAL daemon problem

[Eric Tanguy]

I'm not sure to understand the goal of this daemon but when i enable it
at boot up i obtain these errors and the system hangs:
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy driver state
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: -------------------
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: now=4294711978 last interrupt=4294679502
diff=32476 last called handler=de91dd17
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: timeout_message=lock fdc
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: last output bytes:
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  8 80 4294679486
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau last message repeated 2 times
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  8 80 4294679500
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau last message repeated 3 times
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  e 80 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 13 80 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  0 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 1a 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  0 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 12 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  0 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 14 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 18 80 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel:  8 80 4294679502
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau last message repeated 3 times
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: last result at 4294679502
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: last redo_fd_request at 4294679502
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: status=80
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: fdc_busy=1
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy_work.func=de920a1c
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: cont=de929680
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: current_req=00000000
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: command_status=-1
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy0: floppy timeout called
Jul  2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy.c: no request in request_done
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: floppy driver state
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: -------------------
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: now=4294714978 last interrupt=4294679502
diff=35476 last called handler=de91dd17
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: timeout_message=lock fdc
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: last output bytes:
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  8 80 4294679486
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau last message repeated 2 times
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  8 80 4294679500
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau last message repeated 3 times
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  e 80 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 13 80 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  0 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 1a 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  0 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 12 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  0 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 14 90 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 18 80 4294679501
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel:  8 80 4294679502
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau last message repeated 3 times
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: last result at 4294679502
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: last redo_fd_request at 4294711978
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: status=80
Jul  2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: fdc_busy=1
Jul  2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: floppy_work.func=de91e566
Jul  2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: cont=de929690
Jul  2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: current_req=00000000
Jul  2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: command_status=-1
Jul  2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: 
Jul  2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: floppy0: floppy timeout called